Jia Zhen sighed and said: "Originally, the emperor was also working hard to make the country prosperous, and he wanted to make a difference, but the situation was like this. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Soon after he ascended the throne, there were long-haired thieves and Cantonese thieves, oh no, it was the rise of the captive army. The court has been accumulating shortcomings for a long time, and his armament is relaxed, and he is powerless. ”

Zheng Tingmian said with a straight face: "No matter what, he is the emperor of the Manchurians after all, and we Hanchen, even if we become scholars, we are still slaves after all, and we can't turn over and be masters!" The younger brother has already seen through this. ”

Jia Zhen said with some surprise: "Brother Terrier, you? Aren't you already rebellious and want to take refuge in the south? ”

"Not bad! Don't hide it from Brother Ya, the younger brother was originally the same as you, with a heart to serve the country loyally, read the books of sages, and work for the people. But when he saw the darkness of the court officialdom, corruption was rampant, and everyone respected Manmeng and did not treat the Han people as human beings, he was a little disheartened. After reading a few issues of "Nanfang Daily", the younger brother finally understood that there was a difference between the Manchus and the Han, and the Manchu court had always regarded the Han people as slaves, and as long as the Manchus were in power, the Han people would not have a good life. Zheng Tingmian said bluntly: "Therefore, as early as after the capture army occupied Wuchang, the younger brother was thinking about the way out in the future. A while ago, he was originally a fine worker of the Royal Secret Service Department of the Holy Country, and found the younger brother through the younger brother's brother-in-law. After understanding the Holy Country, the younger brother felt that this Holy Country was a good regime for the benefit of my Chinese people, and since then, the younger brother has had the heart to take refuge! ”

Jia Zhen was silent. mentioned "Nanfang Daily", and heard that he was rebelled by the people of the Royal Secret Service Department, and he was no longer surprised by Zheng Tingmian's rebellion against the imperial court.

Yes, the Qing Dynasty is over, and there is no need for me to hang myself under this collapsed tree. Thinking of this, Jia Zhen walked out of the secret room, turned his head to look at both sides, there was no one in the middle of the night, and then carefully closed the door, lowered his voice, and said: "In this case, the foolish brother will follow the virtuous brother, rebel against the Qing Dynasty together, and return to the new dynasty!" But what are you going to do, brother? After all, Henan was the confidant of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and its power was stable. And Yinggui, the governor of Henan, is a Manchu Zhenglan Banner person, and the surname of Hesheli is unlikely to surrender to the new dynasty, and he will definitely fight to the death. And Brother Fool's Kaifeng Mansion is the seat of Henan Province, the Manchurian power is very strong, and he is in the hinterland, so he rashly announced his separation, just afraid that he will be counterattacked by the imperial court! ”

Zheng Tingmian was overjoyed and said, "It is really a wise move for Brother Cliff to have this decision!" However, instead of following the younger brother, the younger brother follows the retreating brother! As for how to operate it, the empire has already made arrangements! ”

Zheng Tingmian took out a scroll of maps from his body, spread it out on the newspaper, pointed to Ruzhou Zhili Prefecture and Nanyang Mansion in the south of Henan, and said: "It has not been published in the newspaper, and Brother Retreat may not know this news - early this morning, Gu Jiaxing, the prefect of Nanyang, and Zheng Yuanshan, the governor of Ruzhou, will lead the local regiment to train the squires to defect to the empire, welcome the soldiers of the captive army who marched into southern Henan, and cooperate with the siege of Runing Mansion." ”

"What? Siege of Runing Mansion? Didn't Governor Yinggui organize troops to resist the captive army in Runing Mansion City? Jia Zhen suddenly realized: "The empire is so deep in its calculations!" Foolish brother understands! It turned out that the empire's captives had been sending troops for nearly a month, and had been stationed on the border of Mubei and Henan provinces, but it was to attract Yinggui to organize troops to go to the border to resist. Presumably, Gu Jiaxing, the prefect of Nanyang, and Zheng Yuanshan, the governor of Ruzhou, are also like the virtuous brothers, who have long been persuaded by the empire's fine work to return to the empire, and just wait for Yinggui and others to go, so they act as Neiying to capture Yinggui in one fell swoop, right? ”

"Not bad! It's a pity that Yinggui was too timid and didn't dare to go to the border in person, so he was stationed in Runing Mansion City later. But even so, I'm afraid he will be in danger this time. The chief officers of Nanyang and Ruzhou have long controlled the local green battalion soldiers in the two places, and with the guidance of local regimental training, more than 20,000 soldiers of the two first-class divisions of the capture army can go deep into the territory of Ruzhou at once, and make a detour to the rear of Runing Mansion, and it is estimated that it will not take two days to enter the territory of Xuzhou and completely encircle Runing Mansion. ”

"As long as the more than 10,000 Qing soldiers led by Ying Gui are defeated, there will be no strength in the entire southern part of Henan that can compete with the captive army. It just so happened that a while ago, before Xianfeng fled north, the edict ordered Shengbao, who was originally stationed in the area of Guide Mansion in Henan, to lead the Eight Banners to rush back to Zhili, and the entire Henan army was empty. The land of Henan must be able to fight down. At this time, if you and I don't raise the flag and return to obedience, we will lose a great opportunity! After Zheng Tingmian finished speaking, he looked at Jia Zhen with an earnest face.

"Good! Now that the virtuous brother has said it so clearly, you and I have been friends for many years, will the foolish brother still not believe you? Brother Fool has decided, Brother Xian, you should hurry back to Chenzhou Mansion, you should be able to arrive tomorrow! You and I will agree to announce the matter early the next morning, break away from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and return to the empire! Jia Zhen stood up and said categorically!

"Great! Brother Retreat is really decisive! Little brother admires! However, the younger brother has another matter, I heard that although the political envoy Lord Yingdi is a member of the white flag of the Han army, he has a good relationship with the retreating brother, and hopes to persuade him to return to the empire. It is most appropriate for him to come forward to announce that Henan will break away from the Manchu Qing Dynasty and join the empire! Zheng Tingmian brought up another matter.

Jia Zhen nodded and said, "Brother Fool has his own arrangements!" ”

The two immediately exchanged a few words and left the secret room.

A quarter of an hour later, although it was late at night, the door of the backyard of the yamen of the Chen Dao Department secretly opened, and two carriages appeared, several riders.

One of them rushed to the city gate, holding the prefect's warrant out of Kaifeng Mansion late at night and rushing to Chenzhou Mansion in the south.

The other carriage rushed to the Yamen of the political envoy of Henanbu in the northwest corner of Kaifeng City.

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A day later, an astonishing news reached the city of Runing Mansion, and Yinggui, the governor of Henan in the city, was frightened.

Gu Jiaxing, the prefect of Nanyang, and Zheng Yuanshan, the governor of Ruzhou, led the Qing army and Tuanyong in Nanyang and Ruzhou, and as early as three days ago, they secretly led the Cantonese thieves into the territory, and captured Xiangcheng and Yuncheng in Xuzhou Zhili Prefecture in one fell swoop from Baofeng in Ruzhou Zhili Prefecture and Yexian in Nanyang Prefecture, cutting off all the roads in the north of Runing Mansion, and all of Runing Mansion were surrounded by thieves except for Chenzhou Mansion in the northeast corner.

Yinggui immediately had no time to organize a group of undisciplined green battalion soldiers, and ordered two general soldiers to lead the Qing soldiers to then reorganize their troops and withdraw to Kaifeng Mansion in the north, and he led the Eight Banners cavalry retained by 2,000 victories, and fled from Runing Mansion on the same day, went to Chenzhou Mansion, and wanted to make a detour back to Kaifeng Mansion.

On the morning of the next day, when Yinggui had just arrived outside the city of Chenzhou, Zheng Tingmian, the prefect of Chenzhou, organized a feast for the local squires of Chenzhou to reward the hard-working soldiers of the Eight Banners, and personally accompanied Yinggui to invite Yinggui to the prefect's yamen for a banquet.

Yinggui did not doubt him, and led dozens of guards cavalry into the city, as soon as he entered the prefect's yamen, Yinggui and dozens of guards were shot and killed by the soldiers who had already been ambushed, and Yinggui died tragically on the spot.

Then, Zheng Tingmian, the prefect of Chenzhou, sent a regiment to defeat the drunk and defenseless Eight Banners cavalry outside the city, killing hundreds and capturing thousands, leaving only a few hundred people to escape.

Suddenly, Zheng Tingmian announced that Chenzhou Mansion would break away from the Manchu Qing Dynasty and return to the Chinese Empire, and took the lead in cutting off the long braids at the back of his head, taking off the Manchu official uniform, and restoring Hanfu.

At the same time, the Kaifeng Prefecture of Henan Province, the local regimental training and government soldiers, also searched the Eight Banners officials and a small number of banner generals in the city, and returned to Chen Daoyuan and Kaifeng Prefecture Governor Jia Zhen, and announced in public that he had betrayed the Manchu Qing Dynasty and returned to the Chinese Empire.

Suddenly, in less than half a day, the entire Kaifeng Mansion was completely controlled by Jia Zhen, and dozens of Manchu officials in the entire Henan either announced their submission to the empire, or were taken prisoner and detained.

The next day, the news that the two prefectures rebelled from the imperial court and defected to the Chinese Empire came out, and the entire land of Henan, from the northernmost Zhangde Mansion to the southwesternmost Shaanzhou Zhili Prefecture, except for the Guide Mansion because of the Eight Banners of the Praetorian Guards brought out by the Beijing division retained by 4,000 Sheng, did not announce their rebellion from the Manchu court, the remaining six state capitals and cities all declared their separation from the Manchu Qing Dynasty and surrendered to the Chinese Empire.

Two-thirds of the prefectures and counties in the entire territory of Henan immediately announced their defection to the empire. At the same time, the leaders of the Lianzhuang Association in various parts of Henan began to organize the peasants of the Lianzhuang Association in various townships and villages, and responded one after another, gathering people to confront the local Qing army.

At this time, the political envoy of Henanbu issued a notice in the city of Kaifeng, informing the state capitals, announcing that the whole province of Henan would secede from the Manchu Qing Dynasty and be incorporated into the Chinese Empire. At the same time, Ying Di also sent people to the surrounding Shaanxi, Shanxi, Anman, Zhili, Shandong and other places to distribute notices to persuade Manchu officials in various places to recognize the situation and lead the army and people to submit to the empire.